Monday, November 11, 2013

Nov. 11 Cult of Personality

A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, god-like public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.

 Many advertising agencies attempt to create a cult of personality for products. Also, celebrities also may reach the heights of a cult of personality. And obviously, world leaders may also develop a cult of personality through propaganda.


In what ways is a cult of personality good? How can it be bad?


14 comments:

  1. Cut of personality is good because, people may want to follow you and you can lead people. Its also bad because the wrong people are looked at the wrong way when they dont know their back round life and what they did.

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  2. It can be good, if you can use that cult of personality for a good reason. An example like the video is Martin Luther King Jr., it helped him and it helped the people to follow him. It can be bad if you use it for a bad reason and example is Joseph Stallin, because it led him into doing something that harmed people.

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  3. Cult of personality is good sometimes because it can make that person look like a hero in some way. It can be bad because they fool us to think they are good but then behind closed doors and they are not living up to the title that they said they were.

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  4. It can influence you to do things that could help. It can also be used falsely, where they think of you as a god or somebody superior to others.

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  5. Cut of personalty is good and bad because the good would want to follow you and they will do good.But the bad is the opposite because they would all want to do bad. And set a bad example.

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  6. A colt personality has it's pros and its cons. One example of a colt of personality can be positive is through Martin L. King Jr. He started a civil war and made a change in the world. However, on the other hand Joseph Collins was a bad person.

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  7. Yes, I think that cult of personality is a good thing. You can get noticed for doing something incredible and have people to follow you. I think it could be bad because bad people get noticed and it brings negative attention.

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  8. Cult of personality can be good because people follow people if they see that they're good. It can also be bad because they can make people look bad when they're not.

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  9. A cult of personality can be good at times depending on the person and what it is aiming for. An example of this could be the video we have watched in class, where it shows all the people cult of personality and how it was shown and used. It can be bad by the way people try to use it towards others and how they interpret it.

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  10. A cult of personality is an advertisement or enlargement of personality. It can be good or bad. If you use it properly and display your personality the right way it is a good thing. Also it can be false advertisement . So it all comes down to how you are portrayed compared to who you really are.

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  11. Cult of personality can be good depending on how it is put out there. If its something that is positive and welcoming its good but if its something that puts someone or something in a bad image its really wrong.

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  12. I believe, that a cult of personality can be good and bad. In a good way, because you have the president Barack Obama who is always giving back doing good deeds. But you never hear of him doing anything illegal or stuff like that. Then in a bad way, people can take it another way. Someone says something to be funny but to the other person its offensive.

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  13. A cult of personality can be a good thing, for example, Martin Luther King Jr. used it to spread his word around the country and help the stop of segregation in the USA. A cult of personality can also be a bad thing, for example Joseph Stalin, when he got the public attention, he took advantage of it and became a really harsh leader in Soviet Russia..

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  14. A cult personality can be a good thing because sometimes it can set a good example for people, many leaders such as Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and many others are a good example of cult personality. Although it can also be bad because some people can persuade you to follow the wrong path and or to do bath things.

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